Valley Nordic

Valley Nordic

Chander Chawla, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and Arne Tonning, a Norwegian Venture Capitalist, discuss global perspectives on startup business, technology, and culture. The views on the podcast are solely personal and not of our employers or of the organizations we belong to.

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March 16, 2025 25 mins

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The episode is based on Chander's blogpost - https://cdoq.blogspot.com/2025/03/navigating-b2b-marketing.html

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This episode is based on Chander's blogpost - Lessons for toddlers

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This episode is based on Chander's blogpost - Art Extremes. It is shockingly good. 

Arne and I are not co-hosting this episode. 

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The episode is generated from my blog post which has seven words :) 

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The episode is based on Chander's blogpost: https://cdoq.blogspot.com/2024/10/getting-ready-for-ipo.html

Arne and Chander are not the cohosts on this episode. 

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This is episode is based on Chander's blogpost: https://cdoq.blogspot.com/2019/03/thoughts-from-thinking-weekend.html

Arne and Chander are not the cohosts for this episode. 

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This is episode is based on Chander's blogpost: https://cdoq.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-rapid-evolution-of-robotics.html

Arne and I are not the cohosts for this episode. 

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NotebookLM created this episode based on Chander's blogpost titled - Wisdom from a new friend. 


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This episode is NotebookLM interpretation of Chander's blogpost on building alignment: https://cdoq.blogspot.com/2024/05/building-alignment-as-executive.html

Arne and I are not the co-hosts on this episode:) 

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October 23, 2022 78 mins

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We discuss: 

1. State of the energy markets in Europe and why the prices are going up. 
2. How does the electricity grid work?
3. How does the energy pricing work in Europe (excluding gas/petrol)?
4. Opportunity for startups in the energy markets. 

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We are back after a long summer break. In this episode we get inside Arne's box of B2B SaaS and discuss CAC, LTV, Payback period, and other financial metrics. 

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We reflect on the last 99 episodes by reviewing the podcast stats, guests who honored us,  and the 27 companies we analyzed in the last ~4 years. 

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May 16, 2022 48 mins

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What is deglobalization? Why is it happening? What does it mean for startups? 

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May 2, 2022 52 mins

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We segment the Metaverse into three categories:

1. Metaverse that requires new hardware to be worn by users (VR headsets, AR glasses, etc.)

2. Metaverse that does not require new hardware but requires crypto (NFTs, wallets, etc.)

3. Metaverse that neither requires new hardware nor crypto

We apply Rogers innovation adoption model to each of the segments to understand if they can ha...

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April 15, 2022 27 mins

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Elon Musk buying Twitter has been talk of the town in Silicon Valley for the last few days. Arne and I discuss what's happening and why.

Chander's blogpost from 2009 on Twitter's potential

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March 31, 2022 34 mins

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HP which makes PCs and printers acquires a company, Poly (Plantronics + Polycom), that makes headphones, conference room phones, and cameras. We wonder why. 

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We discuss Chander's forbes article on management which offers a new framework for looking at management. The framework has four dimensions: 

1. Domain Management 
2. Organizational Management 
3. Perception Management 
4. Feelings Management 


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We discuss top three sectors for new sovereign investments influenced by the current Russia Ukraine war: 

1. Energy 

2. Defence (Cyber, Weapons, Surveillance) 

3.  Increased self-reliance (Money, Food) 

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February 17, 2022 52 mins

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We discuss what is Web3 (and Web 3.0). How it came about? And, the debate associated with it.

Links to the articles we referenced in the episode:

1. Semantic web

2. Moxie Marlinspike on Web3

3. David Rosenthal on Crypto 

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We kickoff season 4 with a discussion on what's happening in the financial markets in 2022. 

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